Clemson hires former Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia

Clemson hires former Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Former Green Bay Packers special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia is shifting into the same function at the school ranks with Clemson.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced Bisaccia as his new special teams coordinator Wednesday after the rent was finalized by the Board of Trustees’ compensation committee.

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This isn’t Bisaccia’s first stint at Clemson. He beforehand labored there from 1994-98 teaching the Tigers’ operating backs and special teams.

“I am really excited to have the opportunity to work with the young men in the Clemson Football program and be part of a tremendous staff,” Bisaccia said in an announcement launched by the college. “After I made the decision to move in a new direction, Coach Swinney approached me with the opportunity to come back to a place that holds special meaning for me and my family. I’m thrilled to be able to return to the Clemson community and serve this program in any way I can.”

The Packers had announced Feb. 17 that Bisaccia was stepping down after serving as their special teams coordinator for the last 4 seasons. Bisaccia, 65, said at the time that he had made the resolution “after taking some time to reflect over the last few weeks.”

Green Bay has since changed Bisaccia by hiring new special teams coordinator Cam Achord, who spent the last two seasons as the New York Giants’ assistant special teams coach after working as New England’s special teams coordinator from 2020-23.

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Bisaccia joined Packers coach Matt LaFleur’s workers after going 7-6 as Las Vegas’ interim head coach in 2021 and serving to the Raiders attain the playoffs that season. Bisaccia added the title of assistant head coach in March 2023.

He also labored as a special teams coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-10), San Diego Chargers (2011-12), Dallas Cowboys (2013-17) and Raiders (2018-21).

Bisaccia’s school experience contains assistant teaching stints with Wayne State (1983-87), South Carolina (1985-93) and Mississippi (1999-2001) in addition to Clemson.

“I’ve gotten to know him over the years, and we’ve actually talked a couple of different times about the possibility of him joining our staff,” Swinney said in an announcement. “It just never actually might work out from a timing standpoint or because the method the guidelines had been arrange in school. But with the altering of the guidelines to permit everyone to coach on the discipline and the place he was in his profession, he actually needed to complete right here at Clemson. I’m tremendous excited it labored out for us too, because this is nearly as good a special teams coach as there was in the NFL for a protracted, very long time.”

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Bisaccia takes over for Will Gilchrist, who’s now an assistant coach at Samford.

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